Carolina Quotes
My mother was like a whole civilization of women wrapped up in a single comely package. She was complicated, maddening, irreplaceable. I will never be good enough to write about her. In part The Prince of Tides is a love letter to the dark side of my mother. I don’t think you’d like the portrait, Mama, but wherever you are, I made you beautiful.
Pat Conroy Carolinian
Source
Address to the American Booksellers Association convention, 1985
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- speech
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- Address to the American Booksellers Association
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- 1985
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“My mother was like a whole civilization of women wrapped up …” Pat Conroy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-5041438CC6. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/5041438cc6
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